What do non-UK fans know of Nigel Benn ?

If you don't think Benn was shot, then you're equally biased.
You might actually want to watch his fights post McClellan.

 

Collins would have been a tough fight for anybody at any point in his career. A truly tough throwback.

He performed at a high level against Kevin Watts and Tony Thornton, had legendary McCallum running away in the last few rounds and was unlucky in a close affair with Reggie Johnson (who was as slick as a greaseball back then).

R.Johnson hit Collins with everything and Steve kept coming. Amazing. From there it looked like Collins's career was over and he pondered retirement in the post-fight presser of Johnson fight. After viewing the tape the next day, though, he thought he won the fight clearly and was back in the gym the day following that, 'training like a world champion'!

He out-boxed and knocked out Chris Pyatt in his best win for five years but wasn't seen as a threat to Eubank's throne.

I think a 1990-91 scrap between Collins and Benn would have been interesting, but frightening - for Steve's welfare! Looking at Benn-DeWitt and the Benn-Collins fights I can see Benn in '90 slamming so many serious blows to Collins's head and jaw...

Eubank at age 24 was very very mobile and used many more angles of attack when he was of a smaller body mass. I think he sweeps most of the first 6-8 rounds, but Collins remains and gets in later with Eubank on the run. That's a '91 Eubank-Collins.


Benn's offense was shot to bits post-McClellan, particularly his balance. Eubank's offense looked shot, particularly his timing, in the Benn II, Close II fights and his output and speed not there against Amaral, Schommer. But obviously it had to be more to do with training and fasting issues around that time, with him.

Eubank's offense against Rocchigiani and Wharton was actually v.sharp, and infact Wharton was the fight prior to Collins, and may I add- Chris had a nice little rest between those fights, compared to having no respite at all between his previous four or five bouts. He did actually look fairly sharp against Collins in their first fight. Collins was only a replacement for Ray Close, and didn't look as sharp as he did against Watts, Thornton and Pyatt.

Benn still looked physically sharp against Collins, as in head and body movement and speed and power of shots. But he was clearly a shot fighter. That much was clear against Nardiello. Basically his balance had gone to **** (after the McClellan fight, an x-ray showed a shadow on Benn's brain).

 

For the record, I scored Eubank-Collins I for Eubank, and it was Eubank who scored the one clean knockdown of the fight - also the one clean knockdown of Collins's career to that point. He didn't go in for the kill when Collins got up, when clearly..he could've [the ghosts of Michael Watson..]. Eubank looked the better boxer, harder puncher and sneakier counter-puncher. He got in the cleaner shots. But for every shot Eubank threw that night at Millstreet he found two back in his face.

When Eubank's offense looked 'off' in the past, his defense always remained very strong. That was the case in Collins-Eubank II. He was clever enough to get the wins before when that offense wasn't right, but couldn't quite manage it against Collins in their second fight - he was still clever, but Collins was too strong and relentless and clever himself; albeit one of the messiest of marauding warriors in that style he used from there.

Eubank was a big betting favourite to win both Collins fights.

 

"Benn caught him with a left hook which landed on the unbalanced Eubank's rear, sending him down."

God Bless Wikipedia.

 

Can't say I recall that KD.

 

When Benn fought you were guaranteed excitement, even against domestic area-level fighters you could expect him to go through the ropes four times after knocking them down four times then taking them out...lol.

 

Nigel Benn was a damn good fighter.

 

This. Benn was the kiddie back in the day!

 

Absolutly:good He did'nt know the meaning of retreat in any circumstance, it was total CRASH!! BANG!! WALLOP!! from the 1st ring @ ding.

Have a drool at my dual signed poster:smoke

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i have that program signed by the Body Snatcher.:good

 

That's ****ing awesome.:good

 

Immense.

 

One of my favourite fighters of all time. Gave it all, every time.

 

Benn put us Britains on the boxing map,(Lloyd Honeyghan had the wrong promoter,Mickey Duff) but if he beat Eubank which he could of,he would`ve stayed at middleweight for at least another year and could of carried on when the great marvelous one left the ring.